Photos of the Day: Jan. 1

Jan. 1, 2013 5:24 p.m. ET

NEW YEAR'S DIVE: People ran into the North Sea during the Nieuwjaarsduik, or New Year's dive, in Scheveningen, the Netherlands, Tuesday.
Robin Utrecht/European Pressphoto Agency…

GETTING SUPPLIES: A woman held her child as she waited to receive winter supplies in Kabul Tuesday.
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PRAYER FOR PEACE: Pope Benedict XVI gestured from the window of his private apartment overlooking St. Peter's Square during the church's world day of peace Tuesday at the Vatican. The pope said he is convinced peace will prevail in 2013.
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SAYING FAREWELL: Ultra Orthodox Jewish men prayed next to the body of Rabbi Abraham Jacob Friedman during his funeral Tuesday in Bnei Brak, Israel. The rabbi was the leader of the Sadigura Hasidic dynasty and died at the age of 84.
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BOMB BLAST: An injured man received treatment at a hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday. A bomb killed four people and injured dozens.
Athar Hussain/Reuters…

STAMPEDE VICTIMS: People lay in hospital beds in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Tuesday after they were injured in a stampede. At least 61 were killed and more than 200 injured when a crowd stampeded after leaving a New Year's fireworks display, rescue workers said.
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IN FORMATION: Royal Saudi Air Force jets flew in formation during a graduation ceremony for air force officers at King Faisal Air Academy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday.
Fahad Shadeed/Reuters…

NEW YEAR CELEBRATION: A member of a historic grenadier corps fired 12 shots to salute the new year in Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany, Tuesday.
Patrick Seeger/DPA/Zuma Press…

FIGHTING FIRE: A firefighter worked at the site of a fire at Hangzhou Yusei Machinery Co. Ltd at the Lingang Industrial Park in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, Tuesday. Three firefighters were killed putting out the fire.
Cui Xinyu/Xinhua/Zuma Press…

SHRINE CROWD: A volunteer tried to control people as they broke through a bamboo barrier to get entry to the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine in Sikhism, in Amritsar, India, Tuesday. People started to visit the shrine before dawn to offer prayers for the new year.
Raminder Pal Singh/European Pressphoto Agency…

KOREA PROTEST: A resident, left, struggled with activists during an anti-North Korea rally in Cheorwon, a South Korean city just south of the central portion of the demilitarized zone bisecting the two Koreas, Tuesday.
Ahn Young-joon/Associated Press…

SILLY GET-UP: Austrian conductor Franz Welser-Most, right, conducted the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra with a wooden spoon while wearing a chef's hat during a new year's concert in Vienna Tuesday. The traditional concert takes place every year on the morning of Jan. 1.
Herbert Neubauer/European Pressphoto Agency…

AT PLAY: Children played on the playground of the Al-Tawheed school in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday.
Muzaffar Salman/Reuters…

ANY COMMENT? Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, left, (D., Nev.) talked with a journalist as elevator doors closed at the Capitol in Washington Tuesday after the Senate voted 89-8 on a budget deal.
Alex Brandon/Associated Press…